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Lockup during boot, Windows 2000 and Voodoo3 3000

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cchen

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I just got a voodoo 3 3000 off the f/s f/t board, and i put it in today. My computer was booting fine wuntil it got to the scrren with the windows 2000 logo and the computer locked up. The heatsink on the card is really hot, and I added another small heatsink and fan on top of that to try to cool it more, but it still gets so hot. When I put my old video card back in, the system booted up fine. Why is it locking up?
 
Did you uninstall your old card before trying to boot with your V3?

BTW, VooDoo3's are notorious for running warm.
 
No, but I foollowed the instructions that came with the drivers:

NOTE: Complete Steps 1 and 2 before removing your existing 2D card.

1) Download the kit to a directory on your local machine.
2) Before removing your existing 2D card switch the video driver to
Standard VGA. Click Start, Control Panel. Double-click on Display.

Select 640X480 and 16 colors. Accept the changes.

3) Power off the system and remove your existing 2D card.
4) Install the Voodoo Card in a free AGP or PCI Slot
5) Power on the system and verify that video appears during post.
6) Start Windows in Normal mode

(Once Windows starts you may be notified that no video device
exists, click Cancel if this message appears)

7) Run the 3dfx executable from the location it was downloaded to. Click SETUP.
At the welcome screen of 3dfx Tools select NEXT. Click on YES when prompted
to install Voodoo Driver.
8) Follow instruction on the screen to install Voodoo Driver and 3dfx Tools
Control Panel.
9) Select 'Yes, I want to restart my computer now' when prompted.
 
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